I am a great fan of Liz Warren and agree with her on most everything, but she’s wrong on this…
Political Corruption
The Secret Is Out—Big Business Runs America
I’m not exactly sure how much of a secret that was. Since 1980 and the ‘Reagan Era’ both Democrats and…
Qatar’s Killer Builders
A very interesting juxtaposition slid across my attention today regarding sports-events in a Middle-Eastern nation I only know from its…
We Can Pay More For a Dinner Out
The Restaurant Association surveyed 2,000 restaurant operators last week and is urging Congress against increasing the federal minimum wage. Having…
The Rich Telling Us $15 Will Break the Bank
What a tiresome repeat of lies and innuendo—a nicer word for an indirect and usually malicious implication. Innuendo strikes again…
Suppose We Pay Congress to Negotiate?
Let’s take a look at that. We might break the poisonous deadlock by injecting another poisonous source of payoffs to…
Justice Served Like a $50 Steak
There aren’t many of us can afford a fifty-dollar steak. But then, faced with big-guy little-guy there aren’t many of…
The Courage to Quit a Political Base
Democrats once tested that courage when Lyndon Johnson pushed through the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Briefly, that act prohibited discrimination…
Supported By Your Base is Okay. Taken-Over By Your Base, Not So Much
The Republican Party is at a crossroad and they know it. Whether anything positive will come from knowing that or…
Republicans, Trapped By Their Coalition
Ah yes, be careful what you wish for. A smattering of history to set the stage Democratic president Lyndon Johnson…